UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 15

 CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(G) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER
         SECTIONS 13 AND 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

                        Commission File Number 000-29267
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                                ISLANDS BANCORP
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

              2348 Boundary Street, Beaufort, South Carolina 29902
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                              Phone (843) 521-1968
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  (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
                   registrant's principal executive offices)

                           Common Stock, no par value
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            (Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)

                                      None
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      (Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file
                 reports under Section 13 (a) or 15(d) remains)

     Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule
provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:

          Rule  12g-4(a)(1)(i)     [X]     Rule  12h-3(b)(1)(i)     [ ]
          Rule  12g-4(a)(1)(ii)    [ ]     Rule  12h-3(b)(1)(ii)    [ ]
          Rule  12g-4(a)(2)(i)     [ ]     Rule  12h-3(b)(2)(i)     [ ]
          Rule  12g-4(a)(2)(ii)    [ ]     Rule  12h-3(b)(2)(ii)    [ ]
          Rule  15d-6              [ ]

     Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice
date: 0

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Islands Bancorp has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned duly authorized person.

Date:  January  4,  2007           By:   /s/ Dennis J. Zember, Jr.
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                                         Dennis J. Zember, Jr.
                                         Chief Financial Officer
                                         Ameris Bancorp, as successor by merger